Key Highlights: Nico Hulkenberg secured the final point with a P10 finish at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix despite serving a 10-second penalty. Audi narrowed the gap to Haas in the Constructors’ Championship to just three points in the battle for seventh place. Gabriel Bortoleto finished P16 at his home race after starting 19th following ...
Key Highlights Gabriel Bortoleto’s partner, Isabella Bernardini, wore a custom upcycled dress made from Audi and adidas’s Brazilian Grand Prix collection at Interlagos. Created by designer Fiona Roerig, the one-off garment integrated São Paulo needlework traditions alongside Bortoleto’s racing number five. Bortoleto faces a challenging home race, starting 19th on the grid following a crash ...
Key Highlights: Nico Hulkenberg secured fourth on the grid for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, marking Audi’s and his best qualifying result of the season. Penalties for George Russell and Charles Leclerc elevated Hulkenberg from sixth in the wet qualifying session to a second-row start. Teammate and home favorite Gabriel Bortoleto suffered an early exit ...
Key Highlights: Formula 1 has officially secured a five-year contract extension for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, keeping the race on the calendar through at least 2035. The extended agreement provides financial stability to support ongoing modernizations and infrastructure upgrades at the historic Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in Interlagos. Local enthusiasm will be further elevated ...
Key Highlights: Oscar Piastri was stripped of his seventh-place result at the Mexico City Grand Prix following a 10-second penalty for a collision with Arvid Lindblad. The penalty demoted the McLaren driver from P7 to P15, promoting Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto into the points-paying positions. The incident marks Piastri’s fourth point-less outing of the campaign, following ...
Key Highlights Nico Hulkenberg finished 11th at the Circuit of The Americas, marking his third P11 result in the last four races and highlighting Audi’s recurring near-misses outside the points. An unusual launch issue caused Hulkenberg’s car to enter anti-stall several meters off the line, while teammate Gabriel Bortoleto recovered from grid penalties to finish ...
Key Highlights Arvid Lindblad, Franco Colapinto, and Gabriel Bortoleto have received grid penalties for the United States Grand Prix after taking on new power unit components. Gabriel Bortoleto faces a cumulative 20-place drop that will send him to the back of the grid, while Colapinto receives a 10-place penalty and Lindblad a five-place drop. Action ...
Key Highlights Gabriel Bortoleto is in his second Formula 1 season and his first with Audi as a full works team, sitting 15th in the drivers’ standings with 10 points. Audi is eighth in the constructors’ standings, while Bortoleto’s teammate Nico Hulkenberg has scored 13 points. Bortoleto consults close friend and four-time champion Max Verstappen ...
Key Highlights: Gabriel Bortoleto acknowledges that fellow Gen-Z rivals Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar have already reached Formula 1 podiums, but insists patience is the right response as he builds Audi’s long-term F1 project from within. The 2023 F3 and 2024 F2 champion draws mentorship from both Audi team principal Mattia Binotto and four-time world ...
Key Highlights Rafael Camara has secured a Formula 1 seat for next season after receiving the promotion news from Haas Team Principal Ayao Komatsu. The Ferrari Driver Academy talent is aiming to secure the Formula 2 championship, where he currently holds a seven-point lead over Red Bull junior Nikola Tsolov with two rounds remaining. Upon ...
Key Highlights Audi narrowly missed out on a top-10 finish after Nico Hulkenberg was passed by Racing Bulls’ Arvid Lindblad on the final lap. Gabriel Bortoleto received a 10-second penalty for a collision with Williams driver Carlos Sainz after a wet-weather tire gamble backfired early. The team received a partially suspended fine for an unsafe ...
Key Highlights: Audi has unveiled a bespoke livery for the Singapore Grand Prix, marking the team’s first night race in Formula 1. The Audi R26 design blends Titanium Silver Grey with traditional Peranakan patterns on the sidepods and rear wing, extending to drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto’s race suits. The launch coincides with a ...